The HUC Academy 2018, titled “Climate Science and Adaptation in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region—a Transdisciplinary Approach”, took place in Kathmandu and Pokhara from 1 to 14 July 2018, as part of a two-year grant made to the HUC by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). The project aims to advance knowledge of climate science and promote effective and sustainable adaptation measures. It seeks to scale up the impacts of previous and existing interventions made by the Indian Himalayas Climate Adaptation Programme (IHCAP) in the HKH, and promote regional collaboration between higher education institutions in India and neighbouring countriesRead More

This First HKH Assessment Report consists of 16 chapters, which comprehensively assess the current state of knowledge of the HKH region, increase the understanding of various drivers of change and their impacts, address critical data gaps and develop a set of evidence-based and actionable policy solutions and recommendations. These are linked to nine mountain priorities for the mountains and people of the HKH consistent with the Sustainable Development GoalsRead More

Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) hosted the fourth Climate Change Adaptation Policy & Science (CCAPS) conference from February 26th-27th, 2018 in Islamabad, Pakistan. CCAPS conference is a series of events held annually by HI-AWARE. The conference aimed to build a platform for adaptation and resilience research and facilitated exchange of knowledge and ideas on science, policy and good practices related to climate change adaptation in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan (HKH) region and especially in Indus-Ganges-Brahmaputra River Basins. The first, second and third CCAPS conferences were held in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2015, Delhi, India in 2016, and Dhaka Bangladesh in 2017 respectivelyRead More

This open access volume is the first comprehensive assessment of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region. It comprises important scientific research on the social, economic, and environmental pillars of sustainable mountain development and will serve as a basis for evidence-based decision-making to safeguard the environment and advance people’s well-being. The compiled content is based on the collective knowledge of over 300 leading researchers, experts and policymakers, brought together by the Hindu Kush Himalayan Monitoring and Assessment Programme (HIMAP) under the coordination of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). This assessment was conducted between 2013 and 2017 as the first of a series of monitoring and assessment reports, under the guidance of the HIMAP Steering Committee: Eklabya Sharma (ICIMOD), Atiq Raman (Bangladesh), Yuba Raj Khatiwada (Nepal), Linxiu Zhang (China), Surendra Pratap Singh (India), Tandong Yao (China) and David Molden (ICIMOD and Chair of the HIMAP SC).

This First HKH Assessment Report consists of 16 chapters, which comprehensively assess the current state of knowledge of the HKH region, increase the understanding of various drivers of change and their impacts, address critical data gaps and develop a set of evidence-based and actionable policy solutions and recommendations. These are linked to nine mountain priorities for the mountains and people of the HKH consistent with the Sustainable Development Goals.

This book is a must-read for policy makers, academics and students interested in this important region and an essentially important resource for contributors to global assessments such as the IPCC reports